USGS Central Region Energy Resources Team

Central Region Energy Resources Team

RANKING OF THE WORLD'S OIL AND GAS PROVINCES BY KNOWN PETROLEUM VOLUMES
OPEN FILE REPORT 97-463

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Appendix A2. An alphabetical list of geologic provinces of the world with code and rank of oil and gas provinces. [For list of ranked provinces, see Table 1. The first digit of the code represents region.]


Rank Prov. Province Assessment excl. of Name Type Rank U.S.

Region 1, Former Soviet Union (141 Provinces)


1061  Admiralty Arch
1156  Afghan-Tajik Basin                               137   107
1169  Alakol Basin
1160  Alay Basin
1216  Aldan Shield
1215  Aldan Uplift
1219  Altay-Sayan Folded Region
1154  Amu-Darya Basin                      Priority     17    15
1200  Anabar Basin
1202  Anabar-Olenek High
1300  Anadyr Basin                                     261   219
1209  Angara-Lena Terrace                  Boutique    139   109
1327  Aniva Basin                                      354   304
1255  Anzhu Uplift
1117  Arctic Ocean Slope
1253  Ayon Basin
1108  Azov-Kuban Basin                     Priority     81    65
1230  Baikal-Patom Folded Region
1207  Baykit Arch                          Boutique    161   129
1004  Belorussian-Voronezh High                        370   318
1107  Black Sea Continental Slope
1102  Black Sea Deep-Water Basin
1254  Blagoveshchensk Basin
1220  Bureya-Dunbey Region
1312  Central Kamchatka Group of Basins
1070  Central Kara High
1168  Central Kazakhstan Folded Region
1319  Central Okhotsk High
1165  Chu-Sarysu Basin                                 190   154
1211  Cis-Patom Foredeep                   Boutique    321   273
1208  Cis-Sayan Basin
1104  Crimea High
1257  De Long High
1321  Deryugin Basin
1009  Dnieper-Donets Basin                 Priority     45    36
1103  Dobrogea Foreland                                317   269
1014  Donbass Foldbelt
1151  East Aral Basin
1178  East Aral Slope
1164  East Ili Basin
1315  East Kamchatka Basin
1313  East Kamchatka Uplift
1323  East Sakhalin Uplift
1159  Fergana Basin                        Boutique    155   123
1301  Gangut High
1307  Gizhigin Basin
1110  Great Caucasus Foldbelt
1064  Grumant Uplift
1162  Issyk-Kul Basin
1153  Karabogaz-Karakum High                           404   352
1212  Kempendiay Region
1226  Khanka Basin
1201  Khatanga Saddle
1302  Khatyrka Basin                                   336   286
1305  Kinkil Basin
1051  Kola Monocline-Finnmark Platform                 293   248
1308  Koni-Tayganos Uplift
1155  Kopet-Dag Foldbelt
1304  Koryak-Kamchatka Foldbelt
1005  Kotelnich Arch
1113  Kura Basin                                       195   159
1316  Kuril-Kamchatka Slope
1171  Kuznetsk Basin
1218  Laptev Shelf
1214  Lena-Vilyuy Basin                                118    92
1059  Ludlov Saddle                                    146   116
1152  Mangyshlak-Ustyurt Foldbelt
1006  Mezen Basin
1227  Middle Amur Basin
1109  Middle Caspian Basin                 Priority     35    27
1252  Moma Basin
1003  Moscow Basin
1018  Mugodzhary-South Emba                            402   350
1161  Naryn Basin
1210  Nepa-Botuoba Arch                    Priority     63    51
1060  North Barents Basin                  Boutique
1016  North Caspian Basin                  Priority     14    12
1258  North Chukchi Basin
1105  North Crimea Basin                               193   157
1172  North Minusa Basin
1065  North Novaya Zemlya Basin
1309  North Okhotsk Group of Basins
1322  North Sakhalin Basin                 Priority     62    50
1150  North Ustyurt Basin                  Priority     95    74
1106  Northeast Black Sea Shelf                        403   351
1062  Novaya Zemlya Monocline
1256  Novosibirsk Basin
1314  Olyutor Basin
1317  Onekotan Basin
1157  Pamir High
1303  Penzhina Basin
1012  Poles Saddle
1010  Pripyat Basin                                    184   149
1111  Rioni Basin                                      347   297
1011  Russian Craton Margin                            256   215
1071  Schmidt Basin
1072  Severnaya Zemlya High
1224  Sikhote-Alin Folded Region
1050  South Barents Basin                  Priority     44    35
1112  South Caspian Basin                  Priority     23    20
1261  South Chukchi-Hope Basin
1318  South Kuril Basin
1173  South Minusa Basin
1320  South Okhotsk Basin
1167  South Turgay Basin                               169   135
1066  St. Anna Basin
1225  Suifun Basin
1326  Susunay Uplift
1177  Syr-Darya Basin
1176  Taimyr-Kara High
1306  Talov Uplift
1328  Tatar Strait Basin                               306   260
1324  Terpeniya Bay Basin
1158  Tian Shan Foldbelt                               280   236
1007  Timan High
1008  Timan-Pechora Basin                  Priority     27    22
1310  Tinro Basin
1203  Tunguska Basin                                   296   251
1166  Turgay Depression
1205  Turukhan-Igarka Uplift
1204  Turukhan-Norilsk Folded Zone                     346   296
1069  Uedineniya Basin
1013  Ukrainian Shield
1223  Upper Bureya Basin                               358   308
1217  Upper Zeya Basin
1017  Ural-Novaya Zemlya Foldbelt
1068  Ushakov High
1250  Verkhoyan-Chukotka Folded Region
1067  Vize High
1015  Volga-Ural Region                    Priority      7     7
1163  West Ili Basin
1311  West Kamchatka Basin                             309   262
1325  West Sakhalin Uplift
1174  West Siberian Basin                  Priority      1     1
1259  Wrangel Basin
1260  Wrangel-Herald Uplift
1206  Yenisey Ridge
1175  Yenisey-Khatanga Basin                           104    80
1170  Zaysan Basin
1222  Zeya-Bureya Basin
1251  Zyryanka Basin


Rank Prov. Province Assessment excl. of Name Type Rank U.S.

Region 2, Middle East and North Africa (88 Provinces)


2066  Aaiun-Tarfaya Basin                              389   337
2038  Abu Gharadiq Basin                               147   117
2079  Adana/Sivas                                      349   299
2094  Alborz Fold Belt
2089  Anah Graben                                      143   113
2101  Arabian Shield                                   328   280
2080  Araks
2062  Atlas Basin
2053  Atlas Uplift                                     285   240
2078  Beirut                                           377   325
2065  Canary Islands
2091  Central Iranian Basins
2092  Central Iranian Microcontinents
2015  Central Oman Platform                            222   184
2041  Cyrenacia Basin
2040  Cyrenaica Uplift                                 338   288
2012  East Flank Oman Sub-basin                        106    82
2064  Essaouni Basin                                   302   256
2075  Euphrates/Mardin                                 148   118
2016  Fahud Salt Basin                     Priority     59    47
2046  Fezzan Uplift                                    196   160
2014  Ghaba Salt Basin                     Priority     69    57
2010  Ghudun-Khasfeh Flank Province
2058  Grand Erg/Ahnet Basin                Priority     22    19
2021  Greater Ghawar Uplift                Priority      3     3
2069  Guercif Basin
2018  Gulf of Oman Basin
2025  Hail-Ga'Ara Arch
2076  Haleb                                            284   239
2047  Hamra Basin                                      160   128
2051  Hauts Basin
2003  Hays Structural Belt
2013  Huqf-Haushi Uplift
2056  Illizi Basin                         Priority     40    32
2020  Interior Homocline-Central Arch      Priority     57    45
2026  Jafr-Tabuk Basin                                 274   231
2084  Kardiff/Menders Massif
2074  Khleisha Uplift                                  142   112
2081  Lesser Caucasus                                  263   221
2032  Levantine Basin                                  281   237
2093  Lut Block and Depression
2004  Ma 'Rib-Al Jawf Basin                Priority     74    61
2009  Masila-Jeza Basin                                179   144
2008  Masirah Trough
2070  Mediterranean Basin                              105    81
2024  Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin          Priority      2     2
2102  Mirbat Precambrian Basement
2005  Mukalla Rift Basin
2045  Murzuk Basin                                     153   122
2049  Nefusa Uplift
2035  Nile Delta Basin                                 192   156
2039  North Egypt Basin                                133   104
2027  North Harrah Volcanics
2073  North Red Sea Shield
2044  Nubian Uplift
2017  Oman Mountains
2061  Ougarta Uplift                                   282   238
2077  Palmyra Zone                                     178   143
2048  Pelagian Basin                       Priority     67    55
2022  Qatar Arch                           Priority      6     6
2063  Rabat Basin
2071  Red Sea Basin                        Priority     48    39
2060  Reggane Basin                                    322   274
2068  Reguibate Uplift
2072  Rif Basin                                        295   250
2019  Rub Al Khali Basin                   Priority      5     5
2028  Rutbah Uplift
2006  Shabwah Basin                                    230   192
2007  Sharmah Rift Basin                               335   285
2033  Sinai Basin                                      245   206
2043  Sirte Basin                          Priority     15    13
2034  South Harrah Volcanics                           365   315
2011  South Oman Salt Basin                            112    87
2036  Syrian Arch
2052  Tellian Foredeep                                 351   301
2050  Tellian Uplift                                   381   329
2057  Thiemboka Uplift
2085  Thrace/Samsun                                    267   225
2067  Tindouf Basin
2054  Trias/Ghadames Basin                 Priority     26    21
2083  Tuz/Corum
2037  Upper Egypt Basin
2029  Wadi-Surhan Basin                    Boutique    286   241
2023  Widyan Basin-Interior Platform       Priority     28    23
2001  Yemen Volcanic Basin (North)
2002  Yemen Volcanic Basin (South)
2030  Zagros Fold Belt                     Priority      4     4
2031  Zagros Thrust Zone                               238   199


Rank Prov. Province Assessment excl. of Name Type Rank U.S.

Region 3, Asia Pacific (261 Provinces)


3901  Adelaide and Kanmantoo Fold Belts
3301  Akita Basin                                      273   230
3101  Alashan Yinshan Fold Belt
3902  Albany-Fraser Province
3102  Altunshan Fold Belt                              362   312
3903  Amadeus Basin                                    220   182
3801  Arafura Basin-Irian Jaya                         357   307
3904  Arunta Block
3905  Australian Arafura Basin
3802  Bali Basin                                       310   263
3803  Banda Arc                                        265   223
3906  Bangemall and Nabberu Basins
3701  Baram Delta/Brunei-Sabah Basin       Priority     37    29
3804  Barito Basin                                     240   201
3907  Bass Basin                                       264   222
3908  Bassian Rise
3001  Bau Waters Basin
3103  Beibuwan Basin                                   206   170
3002  Bellona Plateau
3601  Bicol Shelf Basin
3180  Bijianan Basin
3805  Bintuni/Sulawati Province                        114    89
3909  Birrindudu Basin and Tanami Block
3003  Bligh Water Basin
3105  Bogdashan Fold Belt
3127  Bohaiwan Basin                       Priority     20    17
3910  Bonaparte Gulf Basin                 Priority     91    72
3806  Bone Basin                                       257   216
3106  Bose Basin
3911  Bowen Basin                                      325   277
3912  Bremer Basin
3913  Browse Basin                         Priority     90    71
3602  Cagayan Basin                                    352   302
3914  Canning Basin                                    345   295
3964  Cape Vogel Basin
3915  Capricorn Basin
3916  Carnarvon Basin                                  275   232
3917  Carpentaria Basin
3807  Celebes Sea
3808  Central Sumatra Basin                Priority     36    28
3501  Central Vietnam Basin
3918  Challenger Plateau
3972  Chatham Rise
3203  Choybalsan Basin
3107  Chuxiong Basin
3919  Clarence-Moreton Basin                           380   328
3920  Coen-Yambo Block
3603  Cotabato Basin
3108  Cuoqing Lupola Basin                             390   338
3921  Daly River Basin
3922  Darling Basin
3923  Drummond Fold Belt and Anakie High
3109  East China Sea Basin                             203   167
3809  East Java Basin                      Boutique    125    97
3810  East Natuna Basin                                318   270
3014  East Ontong Java Rise
3110  Erlian Basin                                     232   194
3166  Erlian Uplift
3924  Eromanga Basin                                   122    95
3925  Eucla Basin
3973  Fiji Islands
3006  Fiji Ridge
3811  Flores Basin
3926  Galilee Basin
3927  Gascoyne Block
3928  Gawler Block
3401  Gensan Basin
3929  Georgina Basin                                   391   339
3930  Gippsland Basin                      Priority     60    48
3204  Gobi Basin                                       316   268
3812  Gorontalo Basin
3931  Great Australian Bight Basin
3208  Great Lake Basin
3209  Great Lake Uplift
3007  Great South Basin                                355   305
3702  Greater Sarawak Basin                Priority     34    26
3402  Gyeongsang Basin
3932  Halifax Basin
3933  Halls Creek Province
3813  Halmahera Basin
3814  Halmahera Platform
3165  Heilongjiang Basin
3008  Hikurani Trough
3934  Hodgkinson/Lachlan Fold Belt
3302  Honshu Ridge
3403  Huskan Platform
3015  Indispensable Reef
3303  Ishikari Hidaka Basin                            270   227
3304  Japan Volcanic Arc/Accreted Terrane              199   163
3815  Java/Banda Sea                                   340   290
3112  Jianghan Basin                                   211   175
3113  Jiangnan South Jiangsu Fold Belt                 323   275
3114  Jiuquan Minle Wuwei Basin                        226   188
3305  Joban Basin                                      290   245
3115  Jungger Basin                        Priority     55    43
3306  Kanto Basin                                      229   191
3116  Karamay Thrust Belt
3010  Kermadec Ridge
3816  Ketuneau/Sintang Terrane                         353   303
3502  Khorat Platform                                  251   211
3935  Kimberley Basin
3404  Korba Bay Basin                                  364   314
3406  Korean Continental Shelf
3405  Korean Craton
3117  Kumukulig Basin
3118  Kunlunshan Fold Belt                             314   266
3817  Kutei Basin                          Priority     43    34
3936  Lacklan Fold Belt
3119  Lanping Simao Basin
3937  Laura Basin
3120  Leidong Basin
3121  Lhasa Basin
3122  Lhasa Terrane                                    397   345
3168  Longmenshan Dabashan Fold Belt
3011  Lord Howe Rise
3012  Loyalty Island Ridge
3124  Luxi Jiaoliao Uplift                             247   208
3938  Malakula/Aoba/Banks Basin
3703  Malay Basin                          Priority     41    33
3704  Malay Peninsula                                  360   310
3939  Marion Terrain
3940  Maryborough Basin                                382   330
3945  McArthur Basin
3503  Mekong/Cuulong/Vung Tau Basin                    151   120
3013  Melanesia Border Plateau
3818  Melawi Basin
3017  Mellish Reef
3819  Meratus High                                     297   252
3820  Merauke Platform
3307  Miyazaki Basin
3164  Mohe Basin
3941  Money Shoal Basin
3202  Mongol-Okhotsk Folded Region
3942  Mt. Isa Block
3943  Murray Basin
3944  Musgrave Block
3125  Nanpanjiang Depression                           308   261
3126  Nanyang Basin                                    173   139
3018  New Caledonia
3946  New England Fold Belt
3966  New Guinea Foreland Basin-Fold Belt              108    84
3967  New Guinea Mobile Belt
3019  New Hebrides Arc
3968  New Ireland Basin
3020  New Zealand East Coast Basin
3021  New Zealand Orogenic Belt                        385   333
3947  Ngalia Basin
3308  Niigata Basin                                    187   152
3022  Norfolk Island Ridge
3821  North Banda Basin                                289   244
3822  North Sumatra Basin                  Priority     65    53
3823  Northern Irian Jaya Waropen Basin                319   271
3023  Northland Basin
3824  Northwest Java Basin                 Priority     70    58
3948  Northwest Shelf                      Priority     46    37
3205  Nyalga Basin
3949  Officer Basin
3309  Okinawa Trough
3128  Ordos Basin                          Boutique    127    99
3950  Otway Basin                                      234   195
3605  Palawan Shelf                                    141   111
3606  Pamusian Tarakan Basin                           157   125
3504  Panjang/Cardomomes Basin
3969  Papuan Basin-Shelf Platform                      197   161
3951  Paterson Province
3130  Pearl River Mouth Basin                          170   136
3825  Penyu/West Natuna Basin              Boutique    130   102
3952  Perth Basin                                      249   209
3607  Philippine Accretionary Prism
3608  Philippine Magmatic Arc                          378   326
3953  Pilbara Block
3954  Pine Creek Geosyncline
3137  Qabdu Basin
3131  Qaidam Basin                                     181   146
3132  Qiangtang Tanggula Basin
3133  Qiangtang Terrane
3134  Qilianshan Fold Belt                             371   319
3135  Qinling Dabieshan Fold Belt                      254   213
3136  Qiongdongnan Basin                               363   313
3955  Queensland Plateau
3705  Rajang-Crocker Accretionary Prism
3609  Reed Bank Basin                                  315   267
3956  Rocky Cape Block/Dundas Trough
3016  Russell Basin
3310  Ryukyu Volcanic Arc                              339   289
3311  Sagara Basin                                     386   334
3505  Saigon Basin                         Boutique    136   106
3024  Samoa Basin
3139  Sanshui Basin
3312  Sea Of Japan Backarc Basin                       344   294
3970  Sepik-Ramu Basin
3140  Shanxi Plateau                                   326   278
3141  Shiwan Dashan Basin
3004  Shorland Basin
3142  Sichuan Basin                        Boutique    117    91
3313  Sinzi Uplift
3025  Solander-Waiau Basin
3005  Solomon Islands
3144  Songliao Basin                       Priority     32    25
3143  Songpan Ganzi Fold Belt
3826  South Banda Basin
3971  South Bismarck Volcanic Arc
3181  South China Continental Shelf Slope              210   174
3146  South China Fold Belt                            252   212
3167  South China Ocean Basin
3506  South China Sea Platform
3827  South Makassar Basin
3828  South Sumatra Basin                  Priority     73    60
3957  Stuart Shelf
3147  Subei Yellow Sea Basin                           175   141
3829  Sulawesi Accretionary Prism                      303   257
3830  Sulawesi Magmatic Arc
3148  Sulongshan Fold Belt
3610  Sulu Arch
3611  Sulu Sea Basin                                   260   218
3831  Sumatra/Java Accretionary Prism
3832  Sumatra/Java Fore-Arc Basins                     268   226
3833  Sumatra/Java Magmatic Arc                        250   210
3834  Sumba Province
3835  Sunda Platform
3958  Surat Basin                                      214   178
3959  Sydney Basin                                     372   320
3520  Tagaung Myitkyina Fold Belt
3149  Taihangshan Yanshan Fold Belt                    350   300
3150  Taikang Hefei Basin
3152  Taiwan Melange Belt
3151  Taiwan Thrust and Fold Belt                      200   164
3153  Taixinan Basin                                   262   220
3031  Taranaki Basin                                   126    98
3154  Tarim Basin                          Boutique    124    96
3960  Tasmania Basin
3207  Temtsag Hailar Basin                             288   243
3961  Tennant Creek Block
3507  Thai Basin                                       116    90
3508  Thailand Mesozoic Basin Belt                     231   193
3026  Three Kings Rise
3314  Tokachi Basin
3027  Tonga Ridge
3509  Tonle Sap-Phnom Penh Basin
3315  Tottori Basin
3510  Truong Son Fold Belt
3316  Tsushima Basin                                   272   229
3156  Turpan Basin                                     235   196
3210  Ulan Bator Basin
3138  Ushumun Basin
3028  Vanikoro Basin
3962  Victoria River Basin
3612  Visayan                                          359   309
3029  Waikato Basin
3030  Wanganui Basin
3836  Weber Basin
3963  Wiso Basin
3157  Xichang Yunnan Fold Belt
3158  Xisha Trough
3974  Yilgarn Block
3159  Yingehai Basin                                   138   108
3160  Yinshan Da and Xiao Hingganling Uplift           304   258
3169  Yitong Graben
3161  Yunnan Guizhou Hubei Fold Belt                   279   235
3837  Zambalez/Central Luzon Basin                     379   327
3162  Zhangguangcailing Uplift                         305   259


Rank Prov. Province Assessment excl. of Name Type Rank U.S.

Region 4, Europe (62 Provinces)


4058  Adriatic Basin                                   167   133
4075  Aegean                                           242   203
4077  Alentejo-Guadalquivir Basin                      287   242
4051  Alps                                             140   110
4088  Andalucia
4036  Anglo-Dutch Basin                    Priority     39    31
4040  Anglo-Paris Basin                                166   132
4059  Apulia Platform
4045  Aquitaine Basin                                  198   162
4041  Armoricia
4021  Baltic Depression                                194   158
4016  Baltic Shield-Norwegian Caledonides              225   187
4013  Barents Continental Slope                        329   281
4078  Betic Zone
4046  Bohemia                                          135   105
4054  Bresse Depression
4061  Carpathian-Balkanian Basin           Priority     54    42
4012  Central Barents Platform                         294   249
4067  Corsican-Sardinian Basins
4076  Crete
4071  Dinaric Alps                                     369   317
4063  Dobrogean Orogen
4019  Faeroes-Shetland-Orkney Basin        Boutique    129   101
4022  Fennoscandian Border-Danish-Polish Margin
4073  Galician Basin
4033  German-Polish Basin                              109    85
4015  Hammerfest-Varanger Basin                        131   103
4020  Hatton-Rockall Basin
4023  Horda-Norwegian-Danish Basin                     237   198
4072  Iberian Massif
4083  Iberic Cordillera                                208   172
4026  Ireland-Scotland Platform                        201   165
4030  Irish Sea                                        121    94
4052  Jura                                             374   322
4056  Lion-Camargue                                    396   344
4037  London-Brabant Platform
4074  Lusitanian Basin
4043  Massif Central                                   387   335
4027  Midland Valley-Forth Approaches Basin            320   272
4028  Mid-North Sea High                               330   282
4049  Molasse Basin                                    186   151
4038  Munsterland Basin                                298   253
4047  North Carpathian Basin               Priority     82    66
4025  North Sea Graben                     Priority      8     8
4035  Northwest German Basin               Priority     21    18
4048  Pannonian Basin                      Priority     71    59
4060  Po Basin                             Priority     84    68
4068  Provence Basin                       Boutique
4044  Pyrenean Foothills-Ebro Basin                    110    86
4055  Rhine Graben                                     255   214
4066  Sicily                                           180   145
4039  Southwest German Basin                           393   341
4070  Spanish Trough-Cantabrian Zone                   301   255
4011  Svalbard High                                    259   217
4082  Tajo-Duero Basin                                 376   324
4053  Trans-graben
4057  Transylvania                         Priority     68    56
4014  Troms-Bjornoya
4062  Tuscany-Latium-Paola                             205   169
4069  Tyrrhenian Basin
4017  Vestford-Helgeland                   Priority     64    52
4064  West Black Sea Basin                             213   177


Rank Prov. Province Assessment excl. of Name Type Rank U.S.

Region 5, North America (179 Provinces)


5071  Adirondack Uplift
5243  Alberta Basin                        Priority     19    16
5023  Albuquerque-Santa Fe Rift
5077  Aleutian Arc OCS
5225  Algonquin Arch-Michigan Basin                    216   179
5058  Anadarko Basin                                    25
5223  Anticosti  Basin
5067  Appalachian Basin                                258
5219  Appalachian Foldbelt
5241  Arctic Coastal Shelf
5062  Arkoma Basin                                      85
5070  Atlantic Coastal Plain
5099  Atlantic Mesozoic OCS
5207  Baffin Basin                         Boutique
5333  Baja California Backbone
5233  Banks Basin
5081  Beaufort Shelf OCS
5045  Bend Arch-Fort Worth Basin                        52
5076  Bering Shelf-Margin Basins OCS
5034  Big Horn Basin                                    92
5065  Black Warrior Basin                              189
5068  Blue Ridge Thrust Belt
5230  Boothia Basin
5250  Bowser Basin
5300  Burgos Basin                                     128   100
5322  Burros Uplift                                    388   336
5053  Cambridge Arch-Central Kansas Uplift              93
5307  Campeche-Sigsbe Salt Basin
5079  Canada Basin-Beaufort Slope OCS
5248  Canadian Cordillera
5226  Canadian Shield
5002  Central Alaska
5092  Central California OCS
5011  Central Coastal                                  176
5318  Central Mesa
5060  Cherokee Platform                                111
5311  Chiapas Massif
5317  Chicontepec Basin                                221   183
5326  Chihuahuan Basin and Range
5078  Chukchi Borderland OCS
5080  Chukchi Shelf OCS
5066  Cincinnati Arch                                  217
5321  Coahuila Platform                                373   321
5088  Cook Inlet OCS
5237  Cornwallis Foldbelt
5039  Denver Basin                                     123
5201  East Greenland Foldbelt
5200  East Greenland Rift Basins           Boutique
5048  East Texas Basin                                  31
5019  Eastern Great Basin                              277
5005  Eastern Oregon-Washington
5238  Ellesmere Foldbelt
5050  Florida Peninsula                                253
5056  Forest City Basin                                233
5229  Foxe Basin
5222  Fundy Basin
5218  Georges Bank
5252  Georgia Basin
5202  Greenland Shield
5330  Guaymas-Topolobambo Basin
5315  Guerrero Basin
5097  Gulf Cenozoic OCS                                 18
5098  Gulf Mesozoic OCS                                215
5089  Gulf of Alaska Shelf OCS
5082  Hope Basin OCS
5228  Hudson Bay Basin
5227  Hudson Strait Basin
5017  Idaho-Snake River Downwarp
5064  Illinois Basin                                    78
5095  Inner Borderland OCS
5052  Iowa Shelf
5314  Jalisco-Oaxaca Platform                          392   340
5206  Kane Basin
5006  Klamath-Sierra Nevada
5215  Labrador-Newfoundland Shelf          Priority     97    76
5040  Las Animas Arch                                  248
5094  Los Angeles Basin OCS
5014  Los Angeles Basin                                 49
5049  Louisiana-Mississippi Salt Basins                 33
5240  Mackenzie Delta Slope
5239  Mackenzie Delta                                  406   354
5246  Mackenzie Foldbelt                               207   171
5306  Macuspana Basin                                  150   119
5221  Magdalen Basin
5325  Magiscatzin Basin
5046  Marathon Thrust Belt                             334
5328  Mazatlan Basin
5063  Michigan Basin                                   115
5235  Minto Arch
5027  Montana Thrust Belt                              368
5084  N. Aleutian Basin OCS
5083  Navarin Basin OCS
5055  Nemaha Uplift                                     86
5072  New England
5204  North Greenland Foldbelt
5203  North Greenland Platform
5028  North-Central Montana                            163
5001  Northern Alaska                                   24
5024  Northern Arizona                                 300
5007  Northern Coastal                                 307
5242  Northern Interior Basins                         266   224
5086  Norton Basin OCS
5096  Outer Borderland OCS
5057  Ozark Uplift
5091  Pacific Northwest OCS
5043  Palo Duro Basin                                   42
5021  Paradox Basin                                    164
5038  Park Basins                                      312
5320  Parras Basin                                     324   276
5236  Parry Island Foldbelt                            361   311
5042  Pedernal Uplift
5044  Permian Basin                                     10
5069  Piedmont
5033  Powder River Basin                                88
5335  Purisima-Iray Basin
5253  Queen Charlotte Basin
5251  Quesnel Basin
5041  Raton Basin-Sierra Grande Uplift
5245  Rocky Mountain Deformed Belt         Priority     94    73
5323  Sabinas Basin                                    218   180
5009  Sacramento Basin                                 132
5054  Salina Basin                                     269
5304  Saline-Comalcalco Basin              Priority     96    75
5016  Salton Trough
5332  Salton Trough                                    278   234
5015  San Diego-Oceanside
5010  San Joaquin Basin                                 30
5022  San Juan Basin                                    50
5093  Santa Barbara-Ventura Basin OCS
5012  Santa Maria Basin                                119
5217  Scotian Shelf                                    165   131
5059  Sedgwick Basin                                   149
5090  Shumagin-Kodiak Shelf OCS
5220  Sidney Basin
5310  Sierra Madre de Chiapas-Peten Foldbelt           292   247
5327  Sierra Madre Occidental Volcanic Plateau
5313  Sierra Madre Oriental Foldbelt
5329  Sinaloa
5032  Sioux Arch
5008  Sonoma-Livermore Basin                           366
5331  Sonoran Basin and Range
5231  South Arctic Basin
5026  South-Central New Mexico
5209  Southeast Greenland Basin
5003  Southern Alaska                                  100
5025  Southern Arizona-Southwestern New Mexico
5216  Southern Newfoundland Shelf
5061  Southern Oklahoma                                 80
5029  Southwest Montana                                283
5037  Southwestern Wyoming                              77
5085  St. George Basin OCS
5224  St. Lawrence Lowlands
5087  St. Matthew-Hall Basin OCS
5051  Superior
5234  Sverdrup Basin                       Boutique    405   353
5324  Tamaulipas Arch
5301  Tampico-Misantla Basin               Priority     51    40
5254  Tofino Basin
5319  Torrecon-Sierra Madre Oriental Foldbelt
5316  Trans-mexican Neovolcanic Axis                   395   343
5303  Tuxla Uplift
5020  Uinta-Piceance Basin                             102
5013  Ventura Basin                                     72
5302  Veracruz Basin                       Boutique    227   189
5305  Villahermosa Uplift                  Priority     16    14
5334  Vizcaino Basin                                   399   347
5205  Wandel Sea Basin
5208  West Greenland Basin
5018  Western Great Basin
5047  Western Gulf                                       9
5004  Western Oregon-Washington                        333
5249  Whitehorse Basin
5244  Williston Basin, Canada              Priority     58    46
5031  Williston Basin, U.S.                             98
5035  Wind River Basin                                 154
5232  Wollaston Basin
5036  Wyoming Thrust Belt                              134
5308  Yucatan Platform                                 337   287
5247  Yukon Basin


Rank Prov. Province Assessment excl. of Name Type Rank U.S.

Region 6, Central and South America (122 Provinces)


6042  Acre Basin
6065  Altiplano Basin                                  384   332
6012  Amazonas Basin                                   348   298
6006  Andean Province
6019  Araripe Province
6109  Aves Ridge
6119  Bahama Platform
6033  Bahia Sul Basin                                  311   264
6097  Barinas-Apure Basin                              158   126
6025  Barreieinas Basin                                375   323
6111  Beata Ridge
6044  Beni Basin
6049  Bermejo Basin
6048  Bolsones Basin
6101  Bonaire Basin
6085  Borbon Basin
6003  Brazilian Shield
6004  Brazilian Shield
6005  Brazilian Shield
6026  Caera Basin                                      241   202
6035  Campos Basin                         Priority     47    38
6102  Cariaco Basin                                    228   190
6086  Cauca Basin
6121  Cayman Ridge
6120  Cayman Trough
6074  Central Chile Forearc Basin                      342   292
6094  Cesar Basin                                      383   331
6047  Chaco Basin
6122  Chiapas Massif-Nuclear Central America
6087  Choco Pacific Basin
6057  Colorado Basin
6112  Columbian Basin
6068  Curico Basin
6051  Cuyo Basin                                       144   114
6009  Deseado Province
6018  Diamantina Province
6071  Diego Ramirez Basin
6061  East Patagonia Basin
6098  East Venezuela Basin                 Priority     13    11
6092  Eastern Cordillera Basin                         152   121
6034  Espirito Santo Basin                             239   200
6100  Falcon Basin                                     204   168
6007  Familina Province
6022  Foz de Amazonas Basin                            243   204
6117  Greater Antilles Deformed Belt
6095  Guajira Basin                                    177   142
6021  Guyana Basin                                     271   228
6002  Guyana Shield
6039  Huallaga Basin
6030  Jatoba Basin
6053  Laboulaye-Macachin Basin
6082  Lancones Basin
6107  Lesser Antilles Deformed Belt                    202   166
6077  Lima Basin
6096  Llanos Basin                         Priority     53    41
6091  Lower Magdelena                                  209   173
6072  Madre de Dios Basin
6043  Madre dos Dios Basin                             101    78
6059  Magallenes Basin                     Priority     66    54
6063  Malvinas Basin                                   299   254
6062  Malvinas Plateau
6064  Malvinas Trough
6084  Manabi Basin
6099  Maracaibo Basin                      Priority     11     9
6050  Mascasin Basin
6125  Maya Mountains
6052  Mercedes Basin
6113  Middle America Province
6090  Middle Magdelena                     Priority     89    70
6075  Mollendo-Tarapaca Basin
6066  Moquegua-Tamaruga Basin
6108  Neogene Volcanic Belt
6055  Neuquen Basin                        Priority     61    49
6056  Nirihuau Basin
6060  North Malvinas Basin
6114  North Nicaraguan Rise
6008  North Patagonia Province
6046  Oran-Olmedo Basin                                236   197
6070  Osorno-Llanquihue Basin
6088  Pacific Offshore Basin
6020  Parana Basin                                     367   316
6014  Parecis Province
6016  Parnaiba Basin
6037  Pelotas Basin
6073  Penas Basin
6093  Perija-Venezuela-Coastal Ranges                  398   346
6028  Pernambuco Basin
6076  Pisco Basin
6027  Potigar Basin                                    168   134
6083  Progreso Basin                                   219   181
6118  Puerto Rico Trench
6041  Putamayo-Orient-Maranon Basin        Priority     56    44
6032  Reconcavo Basin                                  120    93
6054  Salado Basin
6067  Salar de Atacama Basin
6078  Salaverry Basin
6058  San Jorge Basin                      Priority     76    63
6024  San Luis Basin
6045  Santa Cruz-Tarija Basin              Priority     75    62
6023  Santana Platform                                 341   291
6038  Santiago Basin
6036  Santos Basin                                     185   150
6017  Sao Francisco Basin
6080  Sechura Basin
6029  Sergipe-Alagoas Basin                            162   130
6105  Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
6011  Solimoes Basin                                   188   153
6104  South Caribbean Deformed Belt
6115  South Nicaraguan Rise
6013  Sucunduri Province
6010  Tacutu Basin                                     400   348
6081  Talara Basin                                     113    88
6069  Temuco Basin                                     394   342
6103  Tobago Trough                        Priority     79    64
6079  Trujillo Basin
6031  Tucano Basin                                     343   293
6040  Ucayali Basin                                    224   186
6089  Upper Magdelena                                  159   127
6110  Venezuela Basin
6106  West-Central Cordillera
6015  Xingu Province
6123  Yucatan Basin


Rank Prov. Province Assessment excl. of Name Type Rank U.S.

Region 7, Sub-Saharan Africa and Antarctica (55 Provinces)


7161  Amhara Plateau
7470  Amundsen/Bellingshausen Offshore
7430  Antarctic Penninsula
7105  Baffa
7136  Benue                                            223   185
7480  Bransfield Offshore
7066  Chad                                             246   207
7311  Damer Belt
7331  E. Kalahari Precambrian Belt
7246  East African Rift
7231  East Zaire Precambrian Belt
7075  Erdis Kufra
7285  Etosha
7183  Gulf of Guinea                       Boutique    183   148
7041  Hoggar
7055  Iullemmeden
7325  Kalahari
7355  Karoo                                Boutique
7500  Kerguelen Offshore
7087  Khartoum
7291  Luffillian Arc
7381  Madagascar
7403  Madagascar Offshore
7510  Marie Byrd Onshore
7373  Morondava                                        327   279
7343  Mozambique Coastal                   Boutique    182   147
7192  Niger Delta                          Priority     12    10
7121  Nigerian Massive
7303  Orange River Coastal                 Boutique    156   124
7490  Polar Province
7450  Queen Maud Offshore
7460  Queen Maud Onshore
7550  Ross Offshore
7420  Scotia Ridge Offshore
7530  Scott Offshore
7013  Senegal                              Boutique    313   265
7417  Seychelles
7263  Somali Deep Sea
7255  Somali                                           172   138
7363  South African Coastal                            171   137
7091  South Red Sea Shield
7146  Sud                                  Boutique    145   115
7396  Tamatave
7273  Tanzania Coastal                                 212   176
7035  Taoudeni Basin
7520  Transantarctic Mountains
7114  Volta
7440  Weddell Offshore
7173  West African Coastal
7021  West African Shield
7211  West Zaire Precambrian Belt
7203  West-Central Coastal                 Priority     29    24
7151  Western Nubian Shield
7540  Wilkes Onshore
7225  Zaire


Rank Prov. Province Assessment excl. of Name Type Rank U.S.

Region 8, South Asia (29 Provinces)


8024  Afghan
8034  Assam                                Priority     83    67
8022  Baluchistan
8043  Bombay                               Priority     38    30
8044  Cauvery                                          244   205
8023  Central Afghanistan                              276   233
8030  Chindwara
8032  Damodar
8047  Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta             Boutique    107    83
8028  Himalayan Foreland
8002  Himalayan                                        332   284
8003  Indian Shield                                    401   349
8005  Indo-Burman                                      331   283
8042  Indus                                Priority     87    69
8048  Irrawaddy                            Boutique    103    79
8026  Kohat-Potwar                                     174   140
8063  Konkan
8045  Krishna-Godavari                                 191   155
8062  Lakshadweep
8046  Mahanadi
8021  Makran
8061  Maldives
8035  North Burma                                      356   306
8033  Pranhita-Godavari
8031  Satpura-Brahmani
8001  Southeast Afghanistan
8004  Sri Lanka
8025  Sulaiman-Kirthar                                  99    77
8006  Tenasserim-Shan                                  291   246

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